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The Wisconsin Odonata News May, 2014 Volume 2, Issue 4 The Wisconsin Odonata News May, 2014 Volume 2, Issue 4 Hi Folks, There are now nearly 80 people from all over North America regis- tered for the Dragonfly Society of the Americas 2014 annual meeting this June in Ladysmith. For any of you who haven’t registered yet and may be sitting on the fence about whether or not to attend, I’d like to PRESIDENT encourage you to do so based on my own experience. In 2001 as a Robert DuBois fairly new odonate enthusiast I had been learning and going out in the field on my own without fully appreciating that there was a sub- [email protected] stantial group of other odonate enthusiasts out there who were VICE PRESIDENT friendly and having lots of fun. I heard about an inaugural meeting of the Great Lakes Odonata Meeting (GLOM – no longer active) and de- Dan Jackson spite being rather deeply introverted, I decided to go, with some [email protected] trepidation and purely out of curiosity. Well, I never had so much fun SECRETARY in my life! It was a blast to chase after dragonflies from dawn til dusk, see new and different habitats at every stop, and meet new Ellen Dettwiler friends with a similar interest, some of whom are still so to this day. [email protected] The dual meeting of the DSA and the Wisconsin Dragonfly Society TREASURER this year is a rare opportunity to learn, meet others, and have fun that is not likely to be repeated locally anytime soon. Despite the late Matt Berg spring I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that there will be [email protected] plenty of interesting species flying (now I’ve done it!). AT LARGE You can register at any time including at the door, but please note that if you register after May 28, you won’t be able to get the ban- Bill Smith quet (http://mamomi.net/dsa2014/DSA2014/Registration.html). [email protected] Looking forward to seeing some of you there!! Ken Tennessen Bob [email protected] Please note that there will be a “satellite location” for those of you who are Julie Pleski not able to travel to Ladysmith, WI. [email protected] It will be at the same time as the main meeting, but will be at the Horicon Joanne Kline Marsh Wildlife Area in Dodge County. More details inside. [email protected] Nominating Committee, 2014 Ryan Chrouser Robert DuBois Ellen Dettwiler Dan Jackson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ©Wisconsin Dragonfly Society, Inc., 2014 May, 2014 The Wisconsin Odonata News Wisconsin Dragonfly Society’s Annual Membership Meeting, June 14th 2014 On Saturday, June 14th, 2014 at 8:00 am CDT, the members of the Wisconsin Dragonfly Society, Inc. will meet for their Annual Membership Meeting. The only formal item on the Agenda this year is the election of officers for the year 2015 (January through De- cember). The slate of officers is as follows: President — Dan Jackosn Vice President — Ryan Chrouser Recording Secretary — Carey Chrouser Treasurer — Matt Berg (incumbent) At Large: Ken Tennessen (incumbent) Julie Pleski (incumbent) Joanne Kline (incumbent) Robert DuBois Ellen Dettwiler The slate was published in the April newsletter on May 1st. There will be two sites for members to participate — Lady- smith and Horicon Marsh. You are a member if you have paid dues anytime since last Fall, inclusive. A single membership has one vote and a family membership has 2 votes if both are present. Members may bring up any new business they wish at this meeting. After the meeting, we will participate in the DSA presenta- tions, if desired, as we are hosting the annual meeting of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas in Ladysmith. Hope- fully, we will have Wi-Fi connectivity for those in Horicon. Please arrive around 7:30 am to sign in for our meeting and get settled. There will be membership forms for those wish- ing to join at the meeting. Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta) After the meeting, there will be field trips to participate in, so juvenile male © 2014 Ellen R. Dettwiler you may plan on a whole day of fun. All of the day’s activities welcome children — the future of dragonfly habitat depends on their interest and car- ing. Please thank Joanne Kline for all her work in arranging the DSA Annual Meeting — great job, Joanne! Respectfully, Ellen R. Dettwiler, Secretary Wisconsin Dragonfly Society Page 2 Volume 2, Issue 4 May, 2014 The Wisconsin Odonata News Letter from Robert DuBois Regarding Naming We received this note from Bob regarding naming changes proposed recently. This is being included to allow all friends of Odonata to see how omportant names are in our study. If you have questions, you may wish to ask them at the Annu- al Meeting. Ellen R. Dettwiler, Editor Hey Folks, Those of you without much interest in taxonomy probably don’t need to read this. A recent email about updating our species checklist reminded me that we need to make some name changes to our species list. This need is due to some recent data and publications with taxonomic implications and because some of the names on our website were simply not updated from names used in the past. My one sentence on my philosophy for using names: they should be based on the latest good science, we should use a consistent process for name selection, they should be as specific as feasible, and whenever possible they should be consistent with what most others are using because, at the most basic level, they are tools for communication so we know what each other is talking about. In this spirit I recommend (in bold for those who want to read as little as possible) that we make the following changes to our website and checklists. Let me know if you have strenuous objections: Amphiagrion abbreviatum (Western Red Damsel) This is an issue of new evidence suggesting a name change. Evidence is building that our (WI) red damsels are actually closer morphologically, in terms of color pattern, and genetically to Western Red Damsel (Amphiagrion abbreviatum) than Eastern Red Damsel (A. saucium), which is what WI odonatists have been calling them for many decades. Ken Ten- nessen will be speaking on the color and morphological evidence at the DSA meeting. As long as systematists are going to retain Amphiagrion as two species (which seems reasonable), then I recommend that we refer to those in WI (common and scientific names) Western Red Damsel (Amphiagrion abbreviatum). Argia fumipennis violacea (Variable Dancer) This is a common name issue. There are several subspecies of Argia fumipennis with common names in North America. Subspecies of odonates are usually not given common names, but two species complexes with members in WI do have subspecies with “official” or often used common names (this group and Swift River Cruiser [see below]). As a general rule, the DSA naming committee encourages the use of species common names even for those groups that have sub- species with common names. This usually makes sense because the subspecies involved may be difficult to distinguish and there may be geographic areas of intergradation in multiple areas across their ranges. In other words, it’s often less confusing and there is less chance of making errors to use species common names than subspecies common names. However, in our situation with Argia fumipennis, we only have only one subspecies in WI (A. f. violacea) so we have no difficulties with intergrades or distinguishing among subspecies. In such a case my gut would be to go with the more specific subspecies common name (Violet Dancer) than the common name for the species (Variable Dancer), which is what I did when I put the species into the WOS website. This is especially true for me considering that the name “violet” is much more evocative and interesting than the name “variable”. Therefore, it pains me somewhat to say that for rea- sons of consistency with what I recommend for the Swift River Cruiser below, to be consistent with what others are do- ing, and to be in concordance with the wishes of the DSA naming committee, I recommend that we change the com- mon name of Argia fumipennis violacea from Violet Dancer to Variable Dancer (arghhh) and still use the trinomial. Lestes australis (Southern Spreadwing) This is an issue of changing to a name in more frequent current use based on the most recent evidence. For years Southern Spreadwing was considered by many to be a subspecies of Common Spreadwing (along with Northern Spread- wing) and trinomials were often used. More recently it has become increasingly clear that Southern Spreadwing is a good species and most odonatists have recognized that to be the case. I recommend we separate Southern Spread- wing (Lestes australis) and Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus) with no further need for trinomials. (Continued on page 4) Wisconsin Dragonfly Society Page 3 Volume 2, Issue 4 May, 2014 The Wisconsin Odonata News (Continued from page 3) Gomphus (multiple species) This is an issue of new evidence suggesting name changes. A paper is coming out that will recommend generic status for what we’ve been calling three subgenera of Gomphus (Gomphurus, Hylogomphus, and Phanogomphus). Gomphus has long been a catch-all category in need of revision. The subgenus names are much more helpful than the genus name and many of us have been using them for years as proxy genus names. Now we have evidence to make the changes and I recommend we do so as follows: Hylogomphus – adelphus, viridifrons Gomphurus – externus, fraternus, lineatifrons, vastus, ventricosus Phanogomphus – exilis, graslinellus, lividus, quadricolor, spicatus Zoraena diastatops (Delta-spotted Spiketail) This is an issue of new evidence suggesting a name change.
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